Ambient Displays That Don't Distract
No matter how many computers surround us, we each only have one
set of eyes and ears to deal with the data they display. That's
why the motivation behind peripheral displays is to output valuable
information on "the periphery of a user's attention."
Fresh Water
Up to five million people, mostly in developing countries, die each year
from diseases transmitted from tainted water. To fight these global
grim reapers, Berkeley environmental engineer Kara Nelson is studying
ways to measure water-based pathogens and knock them out of commission
using nature's own processes.
Catching the Quantum Bus
While Berkeley
engineers tackle the architectural challenges of building a quantum
computer, experimental physicists at the University are helping
design the core components to make these miraculous machines a reality.
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A Shot at a New Drug-Delivery System
Tomorrow's rural populations may be saved from deadly diseases like malaria, typhoid, and whooping cough with a dose of freeze-dried medicine painlessly pushed directly into the skin by a friend or family member.
1944: Metallurgist Earl Randall Parker joins the UC Berkeley Engineering faculty
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